Two helmet-wearing goons shot a cellphone store worker multiple times and took his $22,000 Rolex during a stickup in Queens, cops said Saturday.
The robbers got tangled in a physical altercation with the victim just before 7 p.m. Friday at the Top in Town Wireless store on 32-78 Steinway St. in Astoria, according to the NYPD.
Steinway St, Queens. NYPD/DCPI
During the fight, one of the thieves fired multiple rounds at the victim, cops
The victim, a 40-year-old man who works at the mobile phone store, was shot in both legs and his torso, according to the NYPD. He was transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst in stable condition.
They stole the victim’s jaw-droppingly expensive watch before they fled the scene on a scooter, officials said.
One of the men was wearing a gray helmet with a black jacket and blue jeans, cops said. The other was wearing a black helmet and a red mask with a blue hooded sweatshirt and red and black sneakers, according to the NYPD.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
